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The role of federal and state policy in addressing early childhood achievement gaps: Parent perceptions and student outcomes related to 21st Century Learning Centers programming in the United States

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Author: 
Williams, H. P.
Online Document Type: 
Research, policy & practice

Early years conference 2022: Disruption and transformation

Early years conference 2022. Virtual event, March 1-2, 2022. Disruption and transformation.
Location:
Online, Pacific Time BC
CA
Event date: 
1 Mar 2022 - 8:45am to 2 Mar 2022 - 2:00pm

Disruption & Transformation

The crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted young children and families, as well as all the systems of care and support for them. Compounding this duress have been the effects and threats of climate change, as well as growing awareness of the impact of social, economic and racial inequities. Further, here in BC, there has been acknowledgement of the additional stressors and barriers faced by families with children with complex support needs.

The 2022 Early Years Conference will focus on the theme: Disruption and Transformation to reflect our changed landscapes and systems. Many services have been forced to make radical changes in how they support young children and families. Many are experiencing burnout. But some have also found power in the possibility, leading to innovation, strengthened relationships with children and families, and stronger connections across communities.

Event overview

Join us virtually on March 1 & 2, 2022 for the Early Years Conference 2022: Disruption and Transformation, where we will reflect on and explore the important but delicate relationship between these two forces. We invite those in the early childhood development, intervention and family support fields to attend the Early Years Conference 2022. We will explore the factors impacting children’s development and family support services during this challenging time.

We are pleased to announce the conference keynotes will be provided by Dr. Jennifer Charlesworth, British Columbia’s Representative for Children and Youth, and Dr. Michael Ungar, Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience and Professor of Social Work, Dalhousie University. We look forward to the opportunity to connect their expertise and insight to the conference theme of disruption and transformation.

Please see below for the ‘At a Glance’ Conference Program. The conference program details will be updated as speakers and sessions are confirmed. Conference registration will be launched in November 2022.

Conference Program "At a glance"

 

Learning Objectives

During the Early Years 2022 Conference, participants can expect to:

  • Review the latest evidence-based research and practice related to child development, early childhood intervention, and family support
  • Recognize the impact of disorder and disruption on children and families but also those who support them
  • Be inspired – to lead, to innovate and to bounce forward
  • Build stronger connections with peers and with the children and families they support

Who Should Attend

This conference will be of interest to all those who work with young children and/or families, including:

  • Aboriginal/ Indigenous Early Childhood Development Professionals 
  • Administrators/Managers
  • Advocacy Organizations
  • Behavioural Therapists
  • Counsellors
  • Dietitians and Nutritionists
  • Early Childhood Educators
  • Education Assistants
  • Families
  • Family Development Workers
  • Family Resource Program Staff
  • Government Representatives
  • Infant Development Consultants
  • Infant Mental Health Professionals
  • Nurses 
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Oral Health Professionals
  • Parent Educators 
  • Physicians
  • Physiotherapists
  • Policy Makers
  • Pregnancy Outreach Groups
  • Program Facilitators
  • Psychologists
  • Recreation Therapists
  • Researchers
  • School Administrators
  • Social Workers
  • Speech Therapists
  • Students
  • Support Workers
  • Supported Child Development Consultants
  • Teachers
  • Other

La grande semaine des tout-petits/ Early Childhood Week

Location:
In-person and online QC
CA
Event date: 
15 Nov 2021 - 12:00am to 21 Nov 2021 - 11:59pm

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List of activities

Pourquoi une Grande semaine des tout-petits?

La Grande semaine des tout-petits vise à donner une voix aux quelque 534 000 tout-petits au Québec afin de faire de la petite enfance une véritable priorité de société.

C’est l’occasion pour nous tous de nous arrêter un moment pour porter notre regard sur la petite enfance au Québec et de réfléchir collectivement aux mesures à prendre afin que tous nos enfants démarrent dans la vie avec les meilleures chances possibles. Profitons de cette semaine pour favoriser et susciter le dialogue autour du développement des tout-petits, mettre en lumière des initiatives locales et régionales qui soutiennent la petite enfance et la périnatalité et mobiliser l’ensemble de la société, des groupes communautaires au milieu des affaires, en passant par les élus et élues.

Objectif général

Faire de la petite enfance une priorité du Québec en offrant à chaque enfant les moyens de se développer à son plein potentiel, du début de la grossesse jusqu’à l’âge de 5 ans.

Objectifs précis

  • Informer sur l’état de bien-être des tout-petits.
  • Sensibiliser les acteurs et actrices de tous les secteurs de la société aux bienfaits et aux retombées de mesures et d’actions collectives en petite enfance et en périnatalité.
  • Mobiliser les acteurs et actrices de tous les secteurs de la société autour de l’importance d’agir tôt.
  • Mettre en valeur les bons coups des acteurs et actrices de tous les secteurs de la société en matière de petite enfance et de périnatalité.
  • Briser les silos pour mieux joindre les familles isolées, du début de la grossesse à l’âge de 5 ans.
  • Mettre en place des conditions assurant le succès de la mise en œuvre de programmes ou de politiques publiques favorables au développement des tout-petits et de leur famille.

Genèse de la Grande semaine des tout-petits

À partir de 2009, Avenir d’enfants a contribué à la mobilisation d’un grand nombre d’actrices et d’acteurs locaux et régionaux à travers le Québec autour des enjeux liés à la petite enfance et à la périnatalité. Le forum Tous pour eux, en novembre 2015, a grandement témoigné de cette force mobilisatrice.

C’est précisément lors de ce forum que l’idée de tenir une Grande semaine des tout-petits a émergé.

Un mouvement collectif a ainsi vu le jour, réunissant des organismes et des personnes déjà mobilisés, dans un contexte où les mesures consacrées à la petite enfance et à la périnatalité sont au cœur de choix collectifs incontournables.

La volonté de ces partenaires nationaux est donc de faire de la Grande semaine des tout-petits une occasion de sensibilisation, de dialogue et de mobilisation sociétale en faveur de la petite enfance et de la périnatalité.

Journée mondiale de l’enfance, 20 novembre

Les tout-petits du Québec sont l’avenir de notre société, ils sont aussi notre présent.

La Journée mondiale de l’enfance a été créée en 1954 et est célébrée chaque année le 20 novembre afin de promouvoir le respect et les droits des enfants. La Journée mondiale de l’enfance offre à chacun et à chacune d’entre nous une occasion unique de sensibiliser le public aux droits de l’enfant, de les promouvoir et de les mettre en lumière, mais aussi de transformer cette date en actes concrets en faveur des enfants partout dans le monde. (Extrait du site web de l’ONU)

Un enfant a le droit d’être respecté dans son individualité et de grandir dans un environnement qui lui permet de développer son plein potentiel.

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Shifting margins: Challenging North/South binaries

Location:
Online, Eastern Standard Time (EST)
XX
Event date: 
29 Nov 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Description

Where exactly, in our troubled time, is the global south, and why does it matter? In this panel discussion we interrogate the notion of persistent binaries and boundaries – geographical, geo-political, onto-epistemological – that continue to dominate the field of early childhood research, policy and practice. We set out to engage with, and question, the realities of young children and early childhood educators in the global north and south and beyond, based on the diverse contexts of the three panelists from the Americas and South-East Asia.

Panelist Bios:

Luz Marina Hoyos Vivas: Luz Marina Hoyos Vivas is a community psychologist, based in Colombia. She recently completed the Individualized doctoral program at the University of Concordia, Montreal, Canada, has worked as a consultant for the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare and for other regional and national government organizations, advising on the public policies of early childhood and education, including collaborative publications with the University of Alberta and Concordia University in Canada focused on teachers’ educational formation towards inclusive education.

Yulida Pangastuti: Yulida has worked on research projects from universities, governments, non-governmental-, inter-governmental-, and multilateral organizations for 20 years, leads a team of researchers for Indonesia’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. She has developed national action plans to support youth wellbeing and education, produced reports and led the development of ASEAN’s work plan on education 2021-2-2025. She currently works as director for a consulting company, Tulodo Indonesia.

Claudia Diaz-Diaz: Claudia Diaz-Diaz is an instructor in the Faculty of Education and the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is also an educational consultant in the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology - Indigenous Initiatives at UBC. Her research has focused on critical childhood studies, teacher education, critical policy analysis, critical research methodologies, and Indigenization in higher education.

Moderator Bios:

Vina Adriany: Vina Adriany is Head for Centre of Gender and Childhood Studies, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Her research focuses on the issues of gender and social justice in early childhood education (ECE) as well as the impact of neoliberalism in ECE. She has published a number of peer reviewed articles and book chapters on these topics.

Jennifer Guevara: Jennifer Guevara is Postdoctoral Rising Talent Fellow of the Early Childhood Research Centre at Dublin City University, Ireland and Associate Researcher of the Education Programme at the Centre for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (CIPPEC). She works on questions of Early Childhood Education and Care policies, systems and workforce, with a particular focus in South America. Guevara holds a PhD in Education from Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina, and is co-founder of the Latin American Network for Research of Early Childhood Education, Care and Upbringing (Red de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Crianza, Enseñanza y Cuidado, RELACEC).

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